CVE-2019-8453 Other in Check Point ZoneAlarm

What is CVE-2019-8453?

CVE-2019-8453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Check Point ZoneAlarm, published on 17 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Some of the DLLs loaded by Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 are taken from directories where all users have write permissions. This can allow a local attacker to replace a DLL file with a malicious one and cause Denial of Service to the client.

Weakness: CWE-426, CWE-114

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8453?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Checkpoint Zonealarm.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8453?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-8453 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8453 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Check Point ZoneAlarm

• CVE-2022-41604 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2022-23743 Privilege escalation in ZoneAlarm. High 7.8
• CVE-2020-6023 Privilege escalation in Check Point ZoneAlarm High 7.8
• CVE-2018-8790 Privilege escalation in ZoneAlarm High 7.8
• CVE-2005-2932 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9v69-c968-gpf3.